Arsenal lose twice in one day

Former Amkar Perm and Yenisey Krasnoyarsk forward Darko Bodul had a direct hand in all three goals as his Belarusian club Shakhter Saligorsk beat Arsenal Tula 3-2 on Wednesday. Early on Igor Cherevchenko's side also lost 2-0 to Romanians UTA Arad.

UTA Arad scored twice in the first half, and never relinquished their advantage. They even had two chances to score before they broke the deadlock.

After 18 minutes, Valentin Buhacianu gave Levashov no chance from a yard out. Ten minutes later Sorin Bustea's tidy finish found the corner to extend the Romanians' lead.

Roman Minaev sent a volley just wide before half time, while Lameck Banda missed a chance late in the second half. In the second half Vladislav Panteleev struck the woodwork, while UTA Arad also hit the bar just four minutes after the restart.

Arsenal 0-2 UTA Arad
13 February, Lara, Turkey

Arsenal: Levashov, Khagush, Denisov (Melnikov 72'), Volodjko, Panteleev, Kovalev (Sokol 46'), K. Kangwa, E. Kangwa (Banda 46'), Gromyko, Adzhoev, Minaev (Khlusevich 46')

In the second match of the day, top goalscorer Evgeni Lutsenko gave Arsenal the lead from Dmitry Kombarov's assist after 18 minutes in the first match. Shakhter equalised less than 10 minutes later with a header from Bodul’s corner to make it 1-1, before he struck twice more himself in the last 10 minutes of the half.

Just after the break Aleksandr Lomovitskiy - who had been involved in the build-up to Lutsenko's goal - drilled a firm cross in towards Goran Causic. The Serbian made no mistake from six yards out.

In the second half both Georgi Kostadinov and Victor Alvarez were denied by former FC Orenburg and FC Tosno goalkeeper Aleksandr Gutor.

Arsenal’s next warmup match will be on their third training camp, which will also take place in Turkey.

Arsenal 2-3 Shakhter Soligorsk
13 February, Lara, Turkey
Goals: Lutsenko (18'), Causic (48'); Kendysh (28'), Bodul (35', 45')

Arsenal: Nigmatullin, Kombarov (Kovalev 75'), Belyaev, Grigalava, Bauer, Alvarez, Lomovitskiy, Causic, Kostadinov, Lesovoy (Banda 77'), Lutsenko (Minaev 73')